...performance-enhancers in recent years, among them Barry Bonds , Jose Canseco , Juan Gonzalez , Mark McGwire and the late KenCaminiti . DODGERS: Andruw Jones was introduced at a news conference in Los Angeles, a week after the sides agreed to a $36...

...tied the NL record for doubles with 725 as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Atlanta Braves 4-2. 1995 - San Diego's KenCaminiti became the first player in major league history to homer from both sides of the plate three times in a season as he...

...released next week. Baseball did not have a steroid policy until 2002, when allegations by former MVPs Canseco and KenCaminiti pressured players and management to negotiate one into the new labor agreement. That policy, which consisted of only...

...This is not an exhibition game." CAMINITI TRIBUTE: There was a moment of silence before the NLCS opener for KenCaminiti, and the Astros plan a tribute to him on Saturday before Game 3. Caminiti, the 1996 NL MVP, died Sunday at 41 in...

...lifetime of postseason futility. It was another ghost, however, whose presence was most conspicuous by absence. KenCaminiti made his last unofficial major league appearance in the place where his career ended and on the minds of the opposing...

...League West titles in three seasons and even reaching the World Series. They had big-time ballplayers: Tony Gwynn, KenCaminiti, Greg Vaughn, Steve Finley and Kevin Brown. Then they simply disappeared. Repeatedly invoking the excuse that they...

...have been hit at a record pace in the past decade, and players have gotten stronger. Former MVPs Jose Canseco and KenCaminiti have said the use of steroids was widespread. In his State of the Union address, President Bush appealed to sports...

...Young candidate. The Caminiti-Lowell Fan Club President: There was always one person in every league who would draft KenCaminiti every year. Eventually, someone else would grab him with an early-round pick just to agitate the poor soul, but...